Syria prepared for parliamentary elections to be held Sunday as President Bashar al-Assad marked a second decade in power mired by war, international sanctions and economic woes. The legislative polls, to be held across 70 percent of territory under government control, are the country's...

A woman and her two children were killed by an improvised explosive device in southern Daraa province, local news accounts said Thursday. Activists said the IED attack on Wednesday was targeting the woman's brother-in-law who cooperates with the Military Intelligence in Daraa. Her...

The wife of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has been named as the leader of a so-called "anti-corruption campaign" that saw the once influential tycoon Rami Makhlouf stripped of his assets and confined to his home. Asma Al-Assad has been at the head of the campaign to seize Makhlouf's...

  Russia on Sunday has appointed Major General Milad Jadid as a Fifth Corps commander which was formed by Russia in November 2016, sources said. Maj. Gen Milad Jadid has replaced Maj Gen Zaid Saleh. Jadid is considered a commander of the "Special Forces", appointed in...